1901 — Earl Moore of the Cleveland Indians pitched nine hitless innings against the Chicago White Sox before giving up two hits in the 10th to lose 4-2.

1937 — Ernie Lombardi of the Cincinnati Reds went 6-for-6 in a 21-10 rout of the Phillies in Philadelphia.

1961 — Jim Gentile of the Baltimore Orioles hit consecutive grand slams in the first and second innings of a 13-5 rout of Minnesota.

1973 — Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds hit three home runs off Philadelphia’s Steve Carlton for the second time in his career, in a 9-7 victory. Bench drove in seven runs.

1984 — The Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Brewers battled for 8 hours and 6 minutes in the longest game ever. After playing 17 innings the previous day, the teams met again before a regularly scheduled game, making the total 34 innings for two days. Harold Baines homered off Chuck Porter with one out in the bottom of the 25th for a 7-6 victory. Tom Seaver won both games for the White Sox.

1987 — Baltimore’s Eddie Murray became the first major leaguer to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in consecutive games as the Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox 15-6 at Comiskey Park.

1999 — Marshall McDougall hit six consecutive homers and knocked in 16 runs — both NCAA records — in Florida State’s 26-2 rout of Maryland. The second baseman opened with an RBI single, then hit six straight homers. After his base hit, McDougall had a solo homer in the second inning, a three-run shot in the fourth, a solo homer in the sixth, a three-run shot in the seventh, a grand slam in the eighth and a three-run shot in the ninth.

2006 — Tampa Bay prospect Delmon Young was suspended for 50 games without pay by the International League for throwing a bat that hit a replacement umpire in the chest. IL president Randy Mobley said he believed the suspension was the longest in the league’s 123-year history. The suspension is retroactive to April 27, the day after Young tossed his bat in a Triple-A game while playing for Durham.

— Carlos Gomez, Twins, became the first Minnesota player to hit for the cycle since Kirby Puckett 22 years ago in a 13-1 victory.

— Mark Ellis, Athletics, hit the first game-ending home run of his career, lifting Oakland to a 6-5 victory in 10 innings against Baltimore.

— John Maine, Mets, became the first New York starter to pitch more than seven innings this season, allowing one run in 8 1-3 in a 12-1 victory over Los Angeles.

— Joey Votto, Reds, became the 23rd player in franchise history to hit three homers in a game, and the first since Aaron Boone on May 8, 2003, as Cincinnati beat Chicago 9-0.

— Carlos Lee, Astros, singled in the winning run in the ninth inning of Houston’s 4-3 victory over Washington. It was the second straight day Lee drove in the go-ahead runs.

— Chris Iannetta, Rockies, tripled home two runs off St. Louis closer Jason Isringhausen to cap a four-run eighth-inning rally, and Colorado won 4-3.

— Shaun Marcum, Blue Jays, came within an out of his first career shutout, striking out nine in 8 2-3 innings as Toronto beat Tampa Bay 6-2.

Cycle

Carlos Gomez became the first Twins player since Kirby Puckett 22 years ago to hit for the cycle. Gomez, acquired from the Mets in the Johan Santana trade, homered off Mark Buehrle (1-4) on the game’s third pitch. He added an RBI triple in the fifth, doubled in a run in the sixth and completed the cycle with an infield single to lead off a six-run ninth. He’s the eighth Twins player to hit for the cycle.

Gopheritis

Jon Lieber became only the second pitcher in Cubs history to give up four homers in an inning, during a 9-0 loss at Cincinnati. Joey Votto, who went deep three times, started a four-homer second inning off Lieber, who was making his first start of the season. Adam Dunn and Paul Bako also had solo shots, and Jerry Hairston Jr.’s two-run homer completed the history-matching rally. Phil Norton is the only other Cubs pitchers to allow four homers in an inning.

Aces

Zack Greinke gave up five hits and three runs in seven innings, striking out eight and walking two to lead the Royals to a 9-4 victory over the Angels. His ERA, the second-lowest in the league entering the game, rose to 1.80. He fell a bit farther behind Cleveland’s Cliff Lee, who pitched seven shutout innings against the Yankees and lowered his major league-leading ERA to 0.81. The Indians won 3-0.

Perfect

Phillies closer Brad Lidge earned his seventh save in seven chances in a 5-4 victory against Arizona. He has not allowed a run this season in eight innings.

Pretty in pink

White Sox OF Nick Swisher, along with pitcher John Danks and backup catcher Toby Hall, dyed their facial hair hot pink in an effort to raise awareness for breast cancer and pay tribute to Mothers Day. A group of children from Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation, a national support group for those affected by pediatric cancer, watched as Swisher, Hall and Danks took the pink plunge while seated on top of the White Sox’s dugout. The players also made a donation on behalf of their teammates.

Better, but not good

Barry Zito returned to the Giants rotation after a brief banishment to the bullpen and had his best start of the season. It still wasn’t good enough for a win. In five innings, he allowed three hits, two runs and two walks with five strikeouts. But he fell to 0-7 as the Pirates won 3-1.

Nothing major

Braves closer Rafael Soriano can resume his throwing program after tests on his sore right elbow revealed no major injuries. Soriano had an MRI exam and a bone imaging scan. He was placed on the disabled list with elbow tendinitis on April 9. There is no timetable for his return.

Outta here

Atlanta manager Bobby Cox was ejected by third-base umpire Wally Bell for arguing about a run-scoring balk on Braves starter Tim Hudson. It was Cox’s 137th career ejection, extending his major league record, and his second this season. The Braves beat the Padres 5-2.

Setback

Cardinals starter Mark Mulder has a mild rotator cuff strain in his left shoulder, causing St. Louis to stop his rehabilitation assignment. Mulder, coming back from two shoulder operations, plans to rest for a week to 10 days before being reevaluated. Mulder made five starts during his rehab assignment. He was 2-2 with a 6.66 ERA.

False starts

Milwaukee starter Dave Bush (0-4) gave up six runs in six innings in the Brewers’ 6-2 loss to the Marlins. Ben Sheets remains the only Milwaukee starter to win since April 5.

Wasted

Adam Wainwright allowed four hits in seven shutout innings, but the Cardinals’ bullpen gave up four runs in the eighth inning to Colorado and the Rockies won 4-3.

Streaks

The Tigers snapped their five-game losing streak, and Boston’s five-game winning streak, when they rallied with two runs in the ninth of Jonathan Papelbon for a 10-9 victory. …. Before beating Tampa Bay 6-2, Toronto had gone 20 games without scoring more than five runs. No AL had a streak that long since the 2002 Detroit Tigers went 24 games.

Comfy at comerica

Boston’s Kevin Youkilis hit two homers in a 10-9 loss to Detroit. He has seven homers at Comerica Park in his career, five more than he has at any venue as a visitor. The only other time he hit two homers in a game was — naturally — in Detroit on Aug. 8, 2004.

Speaking

“A win like this is huge for us because it’s just one of those friendly reminders that we are a good enough team to come back. It’s a nice reminder for us to just see that.” — Colorado outfielder Ryan Spilborghs after the Rockies’ rallied with four runs in the eighth to beat St. Louis 4-3.

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